[ale] Autofs mounting issue...

[DJ-Pfulio]

I've never tried to autofs mount deep like that.

Mount it somewhere else and use a softlink from /usr/sap/trans to point
to the other location.


On 09/26/2015 12:16 PM, Raj Wurttemberg wrote:
> Still working on this... Getting a different error now.
> 
> auto.master  line
> /-         /etc/auto.direct    --ghost
> 
> auto.direct line:
> /usr/sap/trans        10.1.1.100:/trans_prod/SID
> 
> Error:  failed to create mount directory /usr/sap/trans
> 
> No access denied or anything.  The directory /usr/sap already exists (fstab
> nfs mount).
> 
> Thanks,
> /Raj
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of DJ-
>> Pfulio
>> Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2015 7:46 AM
>> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
>> Subject: Re: [ale] Autofs mounting issue...
>>
>> Phil is correct, except .... if the  '-' character is added to the end of
> the mount
>> location in auto.master.
>>
>> /-      /etc/auto.nfs
>>
>>
>> Then mounts specified inside auto.nfs like /D .....
>> /R .....
>> /VMs ....
>>
>> will each be mounted to those locations.
>>
>> From the manpage:
>> "For direct maps the mount point is always specified as:
>>        /-
>>        and the key used within the direct map is the full path  to  the
> mount
>>        point."
>